Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.
"Even if only three households remain in the Kingdom of Chu, the Chu will still prove to be the
Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor, did a lot of stuff. He burned books he didn't like and buried
As the soon-to-be Qin Shi Huang or First Emperor stood on the verge of total conquest of the Six Kin
Today the Chinese Communist Party celebrated the centennial of its own founding. The CCP nowadays of
To paraphrase a couple of Avengers: You and I remember Beijing very differently. Around 1900, a grou
Sex! One of the greatest works of fiction in Chinese literature, "The Plum in the Golden Vase,&
In the early months of 1644, everything seemed to be crashing down upon Chongzhen. Fated to hang him
Religion in Chinese culture contrasts sharply with religions in other civilizations. For one thing,
During his years on the throne, Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, longed to make the acquaintance o
Students of Chinese history know that Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor and the founder of the Qin Dy
Did a 3,000-year-old Chinese book of divination anticipate modern computer science? When a Jesuit mi
In the years immediately before and after 1,000 A.D., three generations of the Yang family, men and
The Three Kingdoms era following the collapse of t
In the 4th century B.C., a reclusive master of all trades and his four students shaped China's
